MR_E

[garrethdsouza]

But then again i don't know a lot about Buddhism or Hinduism. But i guess they might be the more peaceful ones since we rarely hear about them.

Well not necessarily. I'm in hindu majority India and there can be violence especially in times of right wing religious governments as is the current one and there can be intolerance as well. 3 rationalists were killed in the past few years and noones been arrested AFAIK for the killings and hindutva fundamentalist folks are suspected. There's also violence towards the" lower" castes sometimes and casteism is also prevalent. I guess westerners don't experience such issues mostly because of the low numbers of Hindus in respective countries and come to conclusions that it's all peaceful etc. But there are fundamentalists and issues even for this. With that said there's no denying that as a whole IMO its a lot more tolerant and less violent than Islamic societies ostensibly. And vegetarianism is part of the main stream despite not being the majority (40%).

Idk about what goes on in Buddhist majority countries. I have heard of some issues of Muslim persecution in Myanmar. I think these issues are only going to get worse with overpopulation and global warming. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecu ... in_Myanmar

[miniboes]

I have eaten nothing but ribs for a week now. Kinda sums up the kind of diet i am running.

The only way I can think of to make it less healthy is adding pig brains.

[Mr_E]

"The only way I can think of to make it less healthy is adding pig brains." yea. or eggs. Which i tend to eat aswell. Somehow i just seem immune to sickness. Wonder if that would improve or decrease with a vegan diet in a longer period. Maybe i am the human evolved predator adapted to eating meat. Yet uncommon in predators, i feel empathy for my victims. Odd.

[garrethdsouza]

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I ate avocados, massive amounts of nuts. I ate carrots in massive numbers simply because i find that easy to eat. I ate salads, and i eventually tried to include a lot of fish as a compromise but i was still getting weaker. I think that i am going to try again in near future eating recommended foods instead of just eating random non-meat foods. And no the meat diet, i don't think it is healthy compared to being vegan. But when i said 100% i meant 100%. No candy, no ice cream, no cake. Just meat, just food. I guess that makes it healthier than some other diets containing less meat? hell what do i know. I never bothered to care for my health. And at the same time i have not been sick for 10 years. Neither have i had a need for medicine in 7 years.

As miniboes saiid you needed to eat beans and grains in good amounts, plus leafy greens and fruit. The beans are the major source of protein.

Which nuts did you eat? Massive amounts I doubt they're recommended. Maybe the folks in that group could give you pointers on nutrition as well.

[miniboes]

"The only way I can think of to make it less healthy is adding pig brains." yea. or eggs. Which i tend to eat aswell. Somehow i just seem immune to sickness. Wonder if that would improve or decrease with a vegan diet in a longer period. Maybe i am the human evolved predator adapted to eating meat. Yet uncommon in predators, i feel empathy for my victims. Odd.

Unhealthy foods don't make you noticably ill right away. Meat does not make you throw up, the lack of fiber just makes you shit worse. You'll only start to notice the effects once you're older.

You might want to do a blood test and see what your cholesterol levels are. You're probably developing some serious cardiovascular disease.

[Mr_E]

Welp you got. Me. You managed to scare me for health reasons. I never thought that would be the motivator. I am starting a thread now and i am going vegan tomorrow. Again...

[garrethdsouza]

I'd be interested to know your serum cholesterol levels, LDL/hdl cholesterol ratio. Your diet is quite scary healthwise tbh.

Edit: minobee beat me to it

[Mr_E]

I'd be interested to know your serum cholesterol levels, LDL/hdl cholesterol ratio. Your diet is quite scary healthwise tbh.

Edit: minobee beat me to it

How do i measure this. I do not want blood tests taken. I am disgusted by it. And have only done it once.

[miniboes]

I'd be interested to know your serum cholesterol levels, LDL/hdl cholesterol ratio. Your diet is quite scary healthwise tbh.

Edit: minobee beat me to it

How do i measure this. I do not want blood tests taken. I am disgusted by it. And have only done it once.

I think you can also do a urine test. I think you just go to your physician and tell him you want to know your cholesterol levels.
A blood test is also useful for knowing what nutrients you are currently lacking.

[garrethdsouza]

Are you really talking about 'muslim' culture, or about middle easter/arabian culture? I think it's useful to seperate the 20% of muslims in the middle east from the muslims in e.g. Indonesia and India.

While radicalization may not be as much, there definitely are issues. Eg in India ,the Muslim population growth rate has been the highest (in fact thogh it has decreased, its still higher than what the hindu population growht rate was prior to independence!) and its % representation in the population has just gone on increasing since independence in 1947 (unlike Christianity which has been static at 2.3%). Then there are the usual issues some amount of violence has occured and interfaith muslim relationships without converting to islam are rare in most of society, because of scriptural rules.

Indonesia also has a lot of discrimination to atheists , from wiki "In the past, prominent atheists have only been prosecuted under Islamic blasphemy laws, so it is unknown if atheism is actually prosecutable under secular law.[8][9][10] When declared atheist Alexander Aan wrote in February 2012 (on Facebook) that God does not exist, he was taken into custody and initially charged with blasphemy. The police claimed that they were doing this to protect him from attackers, however, no charges have been levied against his attackers. He has not prosecuted under blasphemy law, but instead was eventually charged under the country's cyber crime laws for spreading his views on the non-existence of god by using the internet."